1952 in Luxembourg

Incumbents

Events

January – March

April – June

• 2 May – Hubert Clement is appointed to the Council of State.
• 27 May – Luxembourg is one of six signatories of the Treaty of Paris, which was to create the European Defence Community.
• 12 June – A law is reforming the organisation of the Luxembourg Army is passed.

  July – September

• 23 July – The foreign ministers of the six European Coal and Steel Community meet in Paris to decide on the seat of the organisation's headquarters. At Joseph Bech's proposal, Luxembourg City is chosen as the provisional working seat.
• 26 July – At the 1952 Summer Olympics, Josy Barthel wins the men's 1,500m in a new Olympic record time: to date, the only time an athlete has won a gold medal for Luxembourg at the Olympics.
• 10 August – The High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community holds its first meeting, at Luxembourg City Hall.

  October – December

Births

• 6 February – Charles Goerens, politician
• 13 February – Serge Urbany, politician
• 8 March – Paul Hammelmann, journalist
• 23 March – François Maroldt, politician
• 29 March – Lucien Faber, athlete
• 12 April – Marie-Josée Frank, politician
• 15 April – Hubert Wurth, diplomat
• 20 April Viviane Ecker, member of the Council of State
• 27 June – Mars Di Bartolomeo, politician
• 9 July – François Diederich, chemist
• 10 July – Wauthier, Prince of Ligne
• 18 July – Christine Doerner, politician
• 9 August – Jean-Louis Margue, footballer
• 21 August Claude Bicheler, member of the Council of State
• 22 November – Lydie Polfer, politician
• 18 December Albert Rodesch, member of the Council of State

  Deaths

• 3 April – André Thyes, painter
• 12 September – Charles Becker, writer
• 3 December – Joseph Hansen, writer
• 25 March – Léon Kauffman, politician and Prime Minister

  Footnotes